Is Speaker height important to creating realism?

[RogerD]

" Is Speaker height important to creating realism?"

Realism...How real? Completely three dimensional,with time and space at a level where the illusion passes from stereo to virtual reality. I truly doubt any bookshelf or speaker below 4 feet can achieve sound reproduction like this. I also think a room correction circuit is needed. My speakers are about 5 feet tall and then my time and phase correction speakers are mounted above them,so in my system the speakers are almost eight feet high. That seems to do the trick.

Oh, my apologies. Perhaps I was misreading the above quote by you.

aka pyschoacoustic

[fas42]

I don't see how it couldn't be. I had a system at one point [when I was a frequency listener] that had 2 pair of mains. It sounded incredible but the one issue that could only be addressed by going back down to two mains, was the issue of lobing. I will say that the system in which I am referring too gave many hours of listening pleasure that didn't have the right to sound as good as it did.

Tom, interesting things can be done with 2 pairs of mains: Linkwitz is playing with that now, I started a thread on it.

WATSON a "Stereo Enhancement Loudspeaker", SEL. An electronic time delay, an accessible volume control and a stereo power amplifier are needed for its application

http://www.linkwitzlab.com/Watson/watson.htm

Frank

[MrAcoustat]

The height of the drivers is proportional to the height of your enjoyment.
And directly related to room acoustics, same as their positioning on the horizontal plane.
...And from the front and side walls. ...Same with the floor and ceiling.

The sound waves at the sweet spot corroborate with definite measurements in the 3D acoustic space.
Better driver's height in the proper loudspeakers for a given room's overall dimensions,
including the height of its ceiling, the better the sound reproduction and music listening enjoyment.

Soooo, YES!

* And same with the drivers from your subwoofer(s);
their height dictates their sound characteristic at the main listening position.

100% correct, I have owned 66 & 94 inches high Acoustat's i loved both BUT there is something very special with ALL 94 inches models, here are a few pictures of me with my 1+1s and my friend's Spectra 6600s.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S04n66Gr6bs

[NorthStar]

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[treitz3]

Tom, interesting things can be done with 2 pairs of mains: Linkwitz is playing with that now, I started a thread on it.



http://www.linkwitzlab.com/Watson/watson.htm

Frank

Hello, Frank. Although I can respect that, the same issue(s) remains. Only with more issues and deficiencies introduced. Why bother?

[Jazzbo]

I purchased Magnapan speakers because they presented an image with what I consider the correct height. I got tired of listening to Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Choir at the 3 feet level.

jazzbo

[NorthStar]

---Are you now listening standing up?

[MrAcoustat]

Hey guys, this speaker won FIRST place best in show from Audiophilia at T.A.V.E.S. 2012 on the weekend not quite as high as mine just one foot shorter but still love is in the air up there.

[NorthStar]

-----Those will be my next speakers. ...Seriously.

* Andre, where can I get them, what are they named, and how much can I get them for?

...Six feet high?

[MrAcoustat]

-----Those will be my next speakers. ...Seriously.

* Andre, where can I get them, what are they named, and how much can I get them for?

...Six feet high?

Hi Bob they are called Audio Exklusiv P3.1 they are 6.4 feet high 11 inches wide 12 inches deep they weigh 64 pounds and now the bad news retail price $15,000.00

http://www.charismaaudio.com/product...klusiv/p31.htm